One day after catcher Tomas Nido left a sport with a hand contusion, the Mets added one other catcher to the roster.
The workforce introduced a commerce on Saturday, buying catcher Michael Perez from the Pittsburgh Pirates in trade for money. This is the second day in a row that the Mets have swung a commerce with the Pirates. They swapped reliever Colin Holderman for slugger Daniel Vogelbach on Friday.
Perez, 29, is a local of Puerto Rico who’s been within the huge leagues since 2018. Mostly serving as a part-time participant, he has a .175 common in 193 video games. Last season for Pittsburgh, his 70 video games and 231 plate appearances have been each profession highs.
On June 30 of this yr, Perez had one of many extra inconceivable video games in current reminiscence. Playing at dwelling towards the Brewers, the light-hitting Perez knocked three dwelling runs in an 8-7 Pirates’ win. Those three homers account for 20% of his profession complete.
Prior to becoming a member of the Pirates, who grabbed him off waivers in October, the left-handed hitting Perez was a member of each the Diamondbacks’ and Rays’ organizations. Taken by Arizona within the fifth spherical of the 2011 draft, Perez was traded to the Rays in 2018. He made his MLB debut for Tampa Bay later that yr and remained with the workforce via the 2020 season. He’s appeared in eight postseason video games, together with three throughout the 2020 World Series.
James McCann, who was the workforce’s beginning catcher coming into the yr, was positioned on the injured record on July 10 with an indirect damage. The Mets count on him to be out for six weeks, which might put him on schedule to return in late-August. Until then, Perez ought to count on a variety of enjoying time. While Nido has not formally been positioned on the injured record but, and catcher Patrick Mazeika can be nonetheless right here, the transfer appears to sign a necessity slightly than a need.
Perez, who was designated for task by the Pirates on Friday, instantly joins the Mets’ lively roster. The Mets DFA’d utilityman Travis Blankenhorn to clear an area.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com